Edwin

♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of English origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginEnglish

Origin and meaning

Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen).

Where it is mostly given

  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • United States
  • Malta
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • East Frisia
  • Germany
  • Austria

Around the world

  • DanishEdvin
  • SpanishEdvino
  • Japaneseエドウイン
  • LatvianEdvīns
  • NorwegianAudun, Edvin
  • SwedishEdvin

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Lepticed7 (France (Toulouse)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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